Daniil Kvyat’s pre-season testing programme drew to a close today in Barcelona, with the Russian completing 84 laps of the Circuit de Catalunya for a best time of 1:26.965. In the morning, while preparing new parts for the car, the team elected to concentrate on aerodynamic work and shorter runs.

Formula One’s final pre-season test of 2015 got underway in Barcelona today, with Daniil Kvyat at the wheel of the RB11. The day’s running started positively as the team embarked on improving the performance of the car but late morning rain then interrupted proceedings.

Daniil Kvyat wrapped up a successful second pre-season test for Infiniti Red Bull Racing by completing 102 laps of the Circuit de Catalunya today on his way to the day’s third best time. Read the rest of this entry »

Yes, the new Formula 1 season is just one month away and preparations to welcome a new year of rip-roaring, tyre squealing action are well underway at our first host, Albert Park and Melbourne. Read the rest of this entry »

There was a sense of achievement felt among the team at the end of the day

Infiniti Red Bull Racing’s 2015 challenger, the RB11, made an eye-catching debut at the first pre-season test of 2015 in Jerez today, with the team’s new car taking to the track in a striking black and white “dazzle” livery, similar to those used to camouflage prototype road cars.

Infiniti Red Bull Racing’s 2015 drivers, Daniel Ricciardo and Daniil Kvyat, together with team principal Christian Horner, brought a taste of the Austrian Alps to Milton Keynes today, as they met the media on the slopes of MK (otherwise known as the Milton Keynes Snozone) ahead of the new season.

“Highlighting one single element as the source of our improvement would be impossible,” Abiteboul explains. “Instead, it’s the development of multiple parts that has resulted in a much-improved PU to the one that began pre-season testing last January.

Daniel Ricciardo and new Infiniti Red Bull Racing recruit Daniil Kvyat were rewarded for a couple of spectacular firsts at this year’s FIA’ Prize-Giving gala, which took place last Friday in the capital of Qatar, Doha. Read the rest of this entry »

Red Bull’s illegal front wing in Abu Dhabi may have been grounds for a race ban.

That is the claim of Andy Green, the technical boss of Force India, who thinks a team with a lower status in pitlane might have been punished very harshly by the governing FIA for a similar infraction. Read the rest of this entry »